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Social
Lapse, the app turning your phone into an old-school camera, snaps up $30M
5:17 am PST • February 27, 2024
It can cost a fortune in 2024 to find an analogue camera, buy film (and maybe special batteries) for it and take pictures that then need to be paid for…
Apps
Lapse, the photo app that forced users to invite friends, is running out of steam
9:24 am PST • November 27, 2023
Lapse, a photo-sharing app that growth hacked its way to the top of the App Store earlier this year, is starting to lose steam. The app, which had forced users…
Apps
Photo-sharing app Lapse hits top of the App Store by forcing you to invite your friends
8:52 am PDT • September 26, 2023
Forget invite-only social apps, Lapse is testing a new technique to acquire its users: It forces you to invite your friends in order to get in. The reinvention of a…
Startups
Lapse, an app that lets you snap and ‘develop’ rolls of film with groups of friends, raises $11M
2:44 am PST • December 20, 2021
The relentless march of social media apps’ algorithmic advertising hooks, influencer-leveraged social graphs and UX that begs for endless scrolling have led to viral success and mass-market engagement for the…
